California-1936: A Large Black And Yellow Industrial Grain Elevator

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Year1936
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1936 California

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A Large Black And Yellow Industrial Grain Elevator — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1936, this vintage home movie captures a large industrial grain elevator in California, its yellow tower rising against a blue sky. The camera pans across the structure, revealing its dark lower sections and weathered roof, with a dirt path and utility pole in the foreground. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century rural America.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127477261

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1936 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California industrial or rural infrastructure requests needing brief archival cutaways of a grain elevator or similar agricultural storage structure.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1930s rural industrial site, with a tall yellow elevator tower, dark storage buildings, a dirt access path, open land and simple utility poles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a casual home-movie viewpoint, observing the structure from nearby rather than presenting a staged industrial demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow elevator tower, dark lower buildings, sloped roofs, open sky, dirt path, utility poles and surrounding grassland.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, slight color fading and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, rural industry cutaway, transition beat or visual memory of agricultural infrastructure.
Historical context: The scene visually connects rural California with small-scale industrial agriculture, without identifying a specific company, town or facility.
Research note: No people, logos or brands are visible, but copyright, location identification and possible property-related issues should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s California grain elevator, 8mm rural industry, vintage agricultural storage, industrial building home movie and black yellow elevator.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1936 California material, then broader rural industry or agricultural infrastructure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing a large yellow-and-black industrial grain elevator with dark lower buildings and open sky. — A tall yellow elevator tower rises above dark industrial buildings in a rural setting.

1936 California frame of the grain elevator site, with a dirt path, utility pole, dark buildings and yellow tower against open sky. — The camera frames the elevator complex with a dirt access path and utility pole in the foreground.

1936 California 8mm frame showing the lower edge of the elevator structure cropped against a wide blue sky. — A cropped view emphasizes the bright sky and the upper edge of the industrial structure.

1936 California frame with the grain elevator roofline low in view and a broad blue sky filling most of the image. — The final frame leaves the building low in the composition beneath a broad blue sky.

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